Neonatal Research Nurse

Oxford University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust ,
Headington, Oxford, Oxfordshire
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An exciting opportunity has arisen to recruit an enthusiastic and motivated Neonatal Research Nurse. The appointment will be working full time 37.5 hours per week. This role is 50% clinical and 50% research, providing the perfect opportunity for a career change into research whilst also maintaining clinical contact and development. 50% Band 5 Neonatal Nurse The Newborn Care Unit, at the John Radcliffe Hospital, is a centre of excellence in neonatal care. As the lead neonatal unit for the Thames Valley, we provide level 3 care for extremely preterm infants, critically unwell term infants & infants requiring a number of specialities, including surgery, neurology, cardiology and ophthalmology. The Newborn Care Unit currently has 16 intensive care cots, 18 high dependency cots and 19 low dependency cots. We have a dedicated discharge team enabling us to discharge babies on a home tube feeding programme and an outreach team offering support to parents in the community. The Newborn Care Unit is the base for the neonatal transport team, SONeT; covering the Thames Valley area and offers a 24/7 transfer service for critically ill babies. We have an enthusiastic education team providing support to both nursing staff and students. We run regular in house study days and team days. We have a large multi- disciplinary team, including physiotherapists, occupational therapist, speech and language, as well as an infant feeding team. We are currently working towards our level 3 Breastfeeding Friendly Initiative status. The Newborn Care Unit actively participates in current research and is involved with a number of studies. We are looking for committed and passionate nurses with an interest in neonatal care. 50% Band 6 Neonatal Research Nurse The post holder will be responsible for identifying and recruiting neonatal patients to a number of research studies, performing clinical procedures, maintaining study documentation, collecting data, and supporting a variety of neonatal studies ranging from exploratory research to clinical trials. You will ideally have experience of working within Neonatal Intensive Care and have already undertaken the Neonatal Intensive Care course. You will need excellent communication skills, proven accuracy and numeracy skills, IT skills and the ability to prioritise and manage a busy workload with minimal supervision. If you have a flexible and positive attitude this will provide an excellent opportunity to work within a friendly multi-disciplinary team delivering high quality research. An understanding of the research process and previous experience of research would be advantageous, but is not essential as full support and training will be given to the right candidate. Please use your supporting statement to explain why you would like to take this opportunity to take up a part-clinical and part-research nursing position. This position is available immediately based at the Women's Centre, John Radcliffe Hospital. It is fixed term until March 2021 initially with extension once CRN funding is approved. Very occasional travel in the UK may be required for research meetings and training. Closing Date: 21st June 2020 For further details / informal visits contact: For further information about this role, please contact Bryony Ward, Lead Neonatal Research Nurse at bryony.ward@ouh.nhs.uk. Employment Type: FULL_TIME

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